"It was a different tiddely pom," said Pooh,
feeling rather muddled now. "I'll sing it to you properly and then you'll
see.
So he sang it again.
The more it
SNOWS-tiddely pom,
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
The more it
GOES-tiddely-pom
On
Snowing.
And nobody
KNOWS-tiddely-pom,
How cold my
TOES-tiddely pom
How cold my
TOES-tiddely-pom
Are
Growing.
He sang it like that, which is much the best way of singing
it, and when he had finished, he waited for Piglet to say that, of all the
Outdoor Hums for Snowy Weather he had ever heard, this was the best. And, after
thinking the matter out carefully, Piglet said:
"Pooh," he said solemnly, "it isn't the toes so
much as the ears.
By this time they were getting near Eeyore' Gloomy Place, which was where he lived, and as it was still very snowy behind Piglet's ears, and he was getting tired of it, they turned into a little pine wood, and sat down on the gate which led into it. They were out of the snow now, but it was very cold, and to keep themselves warm they sang Pooh's song right through six times, Piglet doing the tiddely-poms and Pooh